With A Changing Era, Politicians
Campus politics, never before some- the tendency
thing tallied about in the opeh, has now tions to el^ct
taken a turn which, on the surface, man- cause it w4s
if eats considerable democracy and a turn and out swiap by outfi
That
.wakened
we hail most heartily,
Elections, or more especially nomina
tions, are going to be held this spring on
a more open and fair baliq. Candidates
wha want specific offices ire, in several
class elections as well as other campus
—positions, required to come out in the open
and file for them.
I This assures voters that at least these
, candidates are straightforward enough to
admit they want to be elected. This also
lessens the possibility of hasty selections
for' important campus offices being made
right after a raft of nominations have
been made. ‘ ^ J '
The introduction of this system of fil
ing for candidacy and the use, in several
cases, of secret ballots eliminates much of
►AY, APRI L18, 1950
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THI TUG OF WAR
A&M .,.
own in several past elec-
nen interoffice either be-
snowball deal, or an out
its.
M is becoming politically
by the number of
men intereited in filing .their candidacy
for offices, and their announced desires to
vely.
We are learning that things on the
campus juejt don’t happen, and the people
in responsible campus offices influence
the drift of many things that do happen.
To face up and admit that you seek an
office is to be commended. To campaign
ardently fc|r an office (within reason of
course) is jan indication of the desire to
hold an
These men who file are seeking offices
that carry respoi
nition and presti
man’s m
feel best qi
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Behind the Screen, Lies and
Behind the smoke screen of false ad
vertising, cigarette sales have been rising
to astronimical figures over the past few
years. Plugged over every conceivable
means of commercial communication, cig-
■f alette manufactures have built an aura
pf glamor about their particular products.
•Athletes, film stars, and people from
all:walks of life have signed testimonals
which approved certain brands of cigar
ettes. These testimonials appeared In the
cigarette company's advertsing, and gave
the federal Trade Commission suspicions >
M fco their truth. ' «
Now after six years of investigations,
thq FTC has cracked down on the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company( Camels) and
told them to stop using ads which said
that Camel elgarettea aid digestion or re* .
lievc fatigue, and to stop using testimo- •
nials "which are not factually true.” -
Time magtusino reports that "after
cheeking 43 Camel testimonials ("I smoke
sis exclusively”), FTC learned that
some Of the people did not smoke at all,
some could tell no difference between
Camel and other brands, while still others
could not read and did not even know
what statements had been attributed to
msibility as well as recog-
Elizabeth
Third
tige. Let us ponder each
en vote for him whom we
led.
them.
Said FTC about cigarette manufactur
ers' claims that one brand contains less
nicotine or is less irritating to the throat
than other brands: “It is impossible (for
a manufacturer) to maintain in the fin-
cigarettes, over any considerable
ished
period
itei
Wl
of t
content”
heth^r by choice or habit most
shrug,
Action
Comm gala
when
Set
them
bottle
Why
better
College Station’s youngsters made:
quite a haul in their Easter Egg hunt this
yeaC Perhaps they should give the na
tion’s loyalty prober’s a few tips on find-.
ing things. But, after all, the kids knew
what ih&y were looking for.
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Yesterday’s wire.tells us Roscoe, Tex
as’ new mayor is a. Republican—elected
j by write-in ballot. Proves at least that
" his constituents aren’t illiterate. -
five
i ‘Nb
that
on thfc
prit
partner
The Bat
"Soldier, Statesman, Kju i
Lawrence Sullivan Rosa, Founder
ime, a uniform level of nicotine
gies srjioke. They; are aware of the healt
consequemas of this habit, but most
them qontirme smoking practices with
"Ycju can’t live always."
taken by tho Federal Tr
i ill laudable in that it attempt!
to .forfce cigarette manufacturers anth all
who advertise'to print truths about tho|r
products. Advertising can become vicious
t intentionally distorts truth,
ing cigarettes to people who know
or what they are is one thing ; sell*
ing thj*m to people who have been led to
believe they are otherwise ,is quite anot
eft
Ceitainly Ithe man who purchases a
of a rsenic knows what he is buying-
«11 him it will make him enjoy a
life, buf not tell him the better life
will b4 in,another World?
Heir to Throne in Summer^
London, April 18—(A*)—Buckingham Palace confirmed last night
that Princess Elizabeth is expecting another baby this summer.
The Palace said the princess is cancelling all public engagements.
This is the roundabout way of announcing the approaching con
finement.
A similar.announcement was made before the birth of the Princess’s
first son, Prince Charles, Novi 14, 1948.
Touching on rumors for several weeks that the blonde heiress ap
parent to the British throne is again pregnant, the London Sunday Pic
torial said few jiourg before that the child is expected in late July or
early August. / r • , j
The new royal baby would be third in line for the throne.
The princess, 25 Friday, is the first who would succeed her father.
King George jVI. The second is Prince Charles. |
Princess Elizabeth is in Malta visiting her husband, the tall and
handsome Prince Philip.
-—Chubby Prince Charles has been at Windsor Castle With his grand
parents, King George antUQueen Elizabeth. ■
h The little prince has captivated Britons on his infrequent public
outings.
Princess Elizabeth flew to Malta March 28. Philip, is first lieu
tenant of the British Navy destroyer, Chequers, based there.
Philip returned to active duty with the British Navy last Oct. 17. ,
Later, Princess Elizabeth flew to Malta and celebrated with him their
second wedding anniversary on Nov. 20.
Willianitf Journeys
To Indiunapolig
E, L, Williams, director of the
Induatrial IjJxtenaioii Sendee, ,wlll
leave Wednesday for Indlanapolla,
Indiana, where he will attend the
executive committee meeting of the
American Vocational AaMoeiatlon
April 22 through .24. j ) 1
Commmed of 88,000 members
from the fields of vocational and
practical arts education, the as
sociation’s headquarters Is In
Washington.
Purpose of the meeting Is to
complete plans for the annual
American Vocational Association
convention to be held in Miami in
December.
Williams is past president of the
AVA.
Lookin' Bod
From the Battalion Files
of 18 Years Ago
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Djck old man, can you let me have |
, minutes of your time?”
trouble at all, old scout.”
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Post
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Nctiee by yesterday’s Houston
f olice caught a bandit by cutting
dance floor. Wonder if the ctil
as polite enough to introduce his
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j The Associated Prose Is entitled exclusively to Ute
credited to It or not otherwise credited in the paper
id herein. Rights of repablicatlon of nil other Matter
The Battalion, official newspaper of
City of College Station, Texas, is publish
Friday afternoon, except during holidaye i
tel ion is published tri-weekly on Mondsy, Wi—
ynar. Advertising rites furnished on request.
The Aggie Hand journied to Den
ton March, 21, lIKKt and played a
.concert at' the College of Indus
trial Arte, since renamed Texas
State College for Women.
In addition to the concert the
band wan the main attraction In n
parade and was treated to a! ban*
duet With the CIA junior class and
‘ later a dance.
•
Unlike the Easter Holiday ar
rangements, election schedules
haven’t been changed much in the
past 1!) years. A headline in an
April edition of the Batt rekd in
part, “competition keen; campaigns,
are intensely pushed.”
An explanation in the story tells
why the elections are held in
April “the ejection is purposely
held a month ahead to allow-these
men elected ample time to'; pre
pare themselves for the offices
they are going to hold.”
We hope our successful candi
dates today still make use of that
month even if they don’t know that
there is such: a ruling.
Bible Verse \
. [
■, A soft answer turneth away
wrath: bat grievous words stir
up anger. i
j Proverbs 15: 1
Official Notice
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Thundar. April 20, U the deadline for
payment of the final installment of feea
for the Spr.nK eetneatar. The final Install
ment Including- room rent, board and
laundry u *73.25.
W. H. Holemana,
L Comptroller
of «n
Nows contribution* m»y b* mate by telsphons (
odwin Hall. 'Classiflsd ads may ba pUosd by in
flea, Room 209, Goodwin Hall.
The preliminary sradae for the, spring
nsesler I860 .will be considered sa the
final grade In determining a student's el-
r tlty to order the A. and M. Ring for
Claaa of 1851
Jrdara will not ba taken uni l
y 1850. I delivery of these rif
made August 15th or anytime
Ml
May t, 1880
be made
after
!U
Heaton.
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Satarte ns tenond-etase matter at Pont
Off lea at Colleae •tatloa. Taut, aader
•he Art of Congreee el March I.
Tht AuodMed
Sill BILLINGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE..
Clayton L. Selph..
Dave Coslott...-)
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Chuck CabanlMi... ■
John Whltmora, L. O. Tiedt, Damn (teed, Otto
I,. O. TK-dt
Frank N. Maultzas
Jerry Zuber
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Cuftls Edwards ...i....Clty Editor Cbartaa
Bid Abernathy. Ken Bernhardt, - OBOrga
Jerry Zuber .^Acting Copy Editors
B11 Barber. Bob Boyd. Chester.s-HIcks. Bob
Hughson. Marvin Matusek. George McBee.
Tom- Rountree. Raymond Rushing. Walter ■
Tanamachl. John Tapley. "lUp’' Torn.
Kenneth Wiggins. 1 News Staff
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Jeff rheek. Chester Crttchfleld, Wayne Davis,
Bill Thompson. Ray Williams..’ Feature Staff
Dudley Hughes. Bill Mabana, Charles Sebasta. . .City Peak
-Emil Eunjes. Jr Public School ^respondent
i, K. Carter .vt..Olrsulatlon Manager ^
Jack
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By DAYS
Austin, Tex., April 14--WP>—Free
advice to Texaa voten^ ,
Aa): your eandidatm for the Lag-
ialatulre thla Bummer how they
Miami on the question of » nalea
tex.
You might even put the name
question to the dosen or so oaadl-
i ifiteB who will bo running for
■Ntenant governor, or the half
dozen who may be in
governor.
Maybe you’d like
vance about that
because sure as t
to beT the botteet
52nd Legislature meets in regular
session next January.
Avoids teane
The last two sessions have j been
able to stall, side step', or atop
gap in giving an answer to thb
simple question: who’s going topay
the
for
lillion
also
mini
the bill for
state services?
The nekt
thing like 150
new revenue if 11
continue state h
present rates.
How did Texaa final
that shape, anyway?
How come the stab
deficit in proaporOu
You eejuld write la
ing those questions. The
Li
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ax Issue’
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it ia that the
faces
aomc-
dollars in
idea to
at the
get in
a huge
l?
| answer-
t-B-C-of
bought more
TUESD.
>AY A WEDNESDAY
“ J. ARTHUR RANK pr*~nU
STEWART GRANGER
VALERIE HOBSON
ntmoun
mjasa
Atatc 1
than it could pay for. It spent Its
savings account on currer
tore demands; It didn’t do i
about renewing the i
important revenues dr
Building Since 1*
The whole situation
building up since 1947. It
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a crisis when the 51st legislature’s
regular session lucked 17 and one-
half million dollar* of having’
enough to balance the budget. The
apecial session nuide this up and
th?n some by booNting the omnibus
tax 10 per cent for 1,8 months,
ami by adding a penny wiles tax to
rlgaretUts, but it didn't tackle tho
bigger deficit problem.
There’s that litUo follpw, sales
tax, again. ^ i-r ,, |,
Most Texteis have l^an pretty
smug in believing they didn’t have
a sales tax, say, like Louisiana.,
They don’t, now, l|ke Louisiana.
But Texas of eburse has a sales
tax on gasoline, cigarettes,
(See TAX, Pago 4); J r
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PALACE
Bryan 2‘$$79
las* day!
STARTS WED
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QUEEN
LAST DAY I
‘Sea Spoilers’
Wednesday —
tiiprs.
^Dancing in the
Dark”
“CATTLEMEN’S BALL”
SATURDAY NIGHT
Put on your western outfit,
grab your new STETSON,
lasso a pretty filly and head
for the dance.
Your STETSON will-be as
western as you want it . . .
comfortable,-easy wearing
and handsome as only a real
STETSON can be . ...
.< I ■ 4 - $10 to $80
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. . . and you’ll need the rest of
your regalia . . - k.
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• LEVI PANTS AND SHIRTS
• JUSTW-: BOOTS
• MILDER WESTERN SHIRTS
• iEEfe PANTS
WESTERN BELTS
HtNi CLOTHINt tlNCt
U’L ABNER
Step
Back in
r wr«C MXJHTV QUAD Wtt’VE
GOT VOU, EARTH-LOur
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